Horseshoe Crab Family

Limulidae

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Limulidae (Horseshoe Crab Family) is a family of Xiphosurida.

EOL has data for 31 attributes, including:

are eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus 1766) (Glossy Ibis)
first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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247.2 million years ago
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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brackish water
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000322
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine benthic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024
- Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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31
number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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33
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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303.5 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Horseshoe crab family. View this species on GBIF

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Horseshoe Crab Family Habitats

The environments in which many Horseshoe crab family species are known to live. Select an environment to see its Horseshoe crab family species checklist.

Horseshoe crab family Habitats

The environments in which many Horseshoe crab family species are known to live. Select an environment to see its Horseshoe crab family species checklist.

Horseshoe crab family includes 3 children: